Palo Verde Valley
Statistics
- Basin Name
- Palo Verde Valley
- Basin Number
- 7-038
- SGMA Basin Priority
- Very Low
- Critically Overdrafted
- No
- Hydrologic Region Name
- Colorado River
- Counties
- Imperial, Riverside
- Adjacent Basins
Basin Notes
2003: Bulletin 118 basin description
2014: CASGEM basin prioritization – low. Comment: Some elevated TDS in groundwater makes water unsuitable for domestic or irrigation practices (B-118)
2018: Final basin prioritization: Very Low
At-A-Glance

California Water Library Documents About This Basin
The Evolution of Metropolitan’s Agricultural Partnerships
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD) | August 5th, 2022
Securing Color River Supplies - An Urban-Agriculture Partnership in the Palo Verde Valley
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD) | March 16th, 2022
Southeast California Regional Basin Study
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) | September 1st, 2015
The United States Department of the Interior’s WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America’s Resources for Tomorrow) Basin Study Program is a 21st Century approach to help
Geohydrology of the Parker-Blythe-Cibola Area, Arizona and California
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) | July 16th, 1973
The Parker-Blythe-Cibola area, as defined in this report, extends from the bedrock narrows north of Parker, Ariz., southward for about 85 miles along the valley of the Co